HONG KONG — China is sending Vice President Han Zheng to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, Chinese state media reported Friday, the first time a senior Chinese leader ...

Han Kang is a private person. When she won last year’s Nobel Prize for literature, it was widely reported in the South Korean press that she was married to the literary critic Hong Yong-hee.

Han's attendance signals China's aim for a stable relationship with the US despite tensions on issues like trade. This will be Trump's second, non-consecutive term as president. Neil Thomas, a fellow ...

Han Kang’s latest novel, about a South Korean massacre, delves into why atrocities must be remembered. “It’s pain and it is blood, but it’s the current of life,” she said. Han Kang in ...

Han Kang's new book "We Do Not Part" is out now. (Author photo courtesy Paik Duhim; book cover courtesy Penguin Random House/Hogarth) Last year, novelist Han Kang became the first Korean writer to ...

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng is expected to attend 20 January’s inauguration after meeting incoming US Vice President JD Vance Sunday, in a trip observers say is a significant – but ...

Han has extensive experience with both diplomacy - particularly meeting and greeting foreign delegations - and with projecting China's key concerns in a lower-key manner than some Chinese officials.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has selected Vice President Han Zheng to represent China at Trump’s inauguration. Although Xi will not attend, Han’s presence highlights China’s aim to maintain stable US ...

Han said Beijing was ready to work with Washington to “implement the important consensus reached between President Xi Jinping and president-elect Trump”, said China’s official news agency ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, as Chinese President Xi ...

In Beijing's case, senior officials never received the invitation, either. On Monday however, Vice President Han Zheng, a trusted advisor to Xi, will be there to represent China. Beijing's ...